If I buy 3 sets of Timo from the US and get it sent to UK it will cost less then if I get it from the Euro site. Some £15 cheaper. I know that there'll be no further taxes to pay ordering from the Euro site, but as it'll be a small package from the US its unlikely to get caught by customs.

This situation is down to the bad pound to euro exchange rate at the moment. here in the Uk I don't think we'll really benefit from TW coming to Europe, but it maybe be beneficial for people from mainland Europe.

If I buy 3 sets of Timo from the US and get it sent to UK it will cost less then if I get it from the Euro site. Some £15 cheaper. I know that there'll be no further taxes to pay ordering from the Euro site, but as it'll be a small package from the US its unlikely to get caught by customs.

This situation is down to the bad pound to euro exchange rate at the moment. here in the Uk I don't think we'll really benefit from TW coming to Europe, but it maybe be beneficial for people from mainland Europe.

mainland? hardly... unless you get free shipping wich is like always to the central countries leaving the periferal one aside. besides, i stated already i had high hopes. but the way it looks...

but what ****es me the most is i find that hardly Finland is farther from TW headquarters in germany than it is form POrtugal... they get 10 $ shipping and we get 15$ for over 75$ purchase. as a customer with a order in transit and another waiting for suplies i feel like having a rant at tw customer support...

Without any intention to defend T-W it would be impossible the European site to have the same prices as the US because simply US prices are lower than European's in most of things (electronic market and sporting goods).
What tennis-warehouse could do though is to have competitive prices. Prices should be in the middle of US tennis-warehouse and a usual European store and also provide clever features such as demos etc.

LEt me give you an example. I buy from 5 stores, 3 in the UK and 2 in Germany.
And I am curious to make a comparison of prices on rackets I am interested in buying.

In any case I would not characterize T-W europe prices as competitive. It does not look good and the following chart is a bit ridiculous...
Free shipping to the following countries on orders over 75 Euros:
* Austria
* Germany
* France
* Belgium
* Luxembourg
* Monaco
* Netherlands
All these countries have the best wages/salaries in Europe, maybe Denmark and Sweden are in the same category. What's the point offering the most rich people in Europe free shipping? They are going to buy anyway...

I know that the Tennis WArehouse location in Europe is in Germany, so the countries around Germany can get free shipping but Tennis-Warehouse Europe should give free shipping to the rest of European destinations for orders over 150 euros...
I am sorry but with prices like that, future does not look so promising.

I did not write the names of the stores for obvious and well-known reasons but if you need them in order to verify the truth of my infos, contact me and I will provide them to you.
What I was trying to say is that I already placed an order with TEnnis-WArehouse US and my next order will be again with the US department of Tennis-warehouse although I live in Europe.

But there is a bright side for Tennis-Warehouse Europe and this maybe
the shoes department...

Buying from US=465
Buying from Europe=608
An aeroplane ticket from London to New York costs around 300 euros. So if you are planning to buy plenty of stuff like me it's worth taking a trip to the US, buy your stuff and come back...
All prices in Euro.

Wow! Ac3111 you did a great job comparing the prices. I agree mostly but some tweener racquets for recreational players can end up a bit cheaper or the same price as in Poland but yeah those high end players racquets like [K]Six-One Tour or MG Prestige Mid are more expensive.

Shoes and apparel is cheaper but the shipping costs are a steal... to save some $$$ you need to order more apparel so the shipping costs won't be that high.

ac311, please email us the other site you reference via the "contact us" link at the bottom of the page.

We've since added free shipping options for UK, Denmark, Finland and Sweden for orders of 75 € and above as well as free shipping for Switzerland, Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Norway on orders of 100 € and above.

We've since added free shipping options for UK, Denmark, Finland and Sweden for orders of 75 € and above as well as free shipping for Switzerland, Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Norway on orders of 100 € and above.

Hopefully this enables us to be more competitive with our prices.

That's great!

You should also add an extra shipping option "by post mail" for orders that are small or cheap or light packages (like a set of strings or a t-shirt)